Community of Practice
Join our FSC Community of Practice
Building Local Expertise for Collective Progress
The FSC Community of Practice (CoP) is a dynamic knowledge and capacity-building platform designed to accelerate responsible forest management in community and family forest settings.
It empowers individuals to become trainers, facilitators, and champions of FSC’s core certification offerings, helping to unlock long-term impact at the local level. Through the CoP, FSC cultivates a network of people capable of guiding others through certification processes, supporting implementation of tools, and fostering strong local ownership.
Community, Family and Forests Work Area
What is the FSC Community of Practice?
The CoP connects a diverse group of practitioners committed to shared learning, peer exchange, and applied action. Members learn by doing, collaborate on locally relevant solutions, and build momentum toward FSC certification through sustained engagement.
Through collective learning, members of the CoP gain the skills to disseminate information, train others, and facilitate long-term processes. The focus is on quality over quantity, selecting individuals who are engaged, committed, and capable of applying what they learn in real-world contexts.
The Community of Practice Model
Through collective learning, members of the CoP gain the skills to disseminate information, train others, and facilitate long-term processes. The focus is on quality over quantity, selecting individuals who are engaged, committed, and capable of applying what they learn in real-world contexts.
The CoP model can be established at:
- National level: to address country-specific challenges and opportunities
- Regional or sub-regional level: to foster cross-border learning and adaptation, coordinated by FSC regional teams with support from the CFF Team
While national CoPs are grounded in place-based realities, regional CoPs mostly operate virtually, creating space for exchange, innovation, and collaboration across geographies.
Resources
The FSC Community of Practice goes beyond knowledge sharing; it’s a space for hands-on collaboration, where members can initiate projects, propose new activities, and shape future support mechanisms.
If you’d like to learn more about the FSC Community of Practice, explore this concept note.